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Raining Diamonds!

  • June 11, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Scientists say it actually rains diamonds on Uranus and Neptune. Their atmospheres contain a high percentage of methane, which gets turned into diamonds when exposed to the planets’ high pressure and temperatures. The diamonds pile up miles deep at the planets’ cores!

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